Understand, right off the bat, that these are hitters talking. Hitters who ply their trade in the West Division of the National League. Let us pray.
When you're a batsman in the land of Giants, Padres, Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Rockies, you sometimes walk around with this look on your face, the same expression you might expect of an astronaut who'd somehow landed on the wrong planet.

DETROIT – Even LeBron James looked amazed, and it is usually his role to do the amazing. James, the star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, was in town to play the Pistons today, so he showed up at Ford Field yesterday to watch Stephen Curry and Davidson play Wisconsin in a Midwest Regional semifinal.

The first problem is pipes. Scott Hairston may have the legs to play center field, but he probably lacks the voice. “I'm not a talkative guy, but you have to be if you're a center fielder,” Hairston said yesterday afternoon. “That's kind of a change for me. My voice does not carry. At all.”